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Kala Vedic Astrology Software: A full Windows program at the lowest price ($254.95 including
shipping or $244.95 as download)!
40
16 Megabytes
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Ram- Disk free40
minimum, space.
Megabytes recommended.
Windows 95 or later, or Windows NT.
For the interface of the program you can choose English, German, Hungarian, Spanish or
Russian.
General Features
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Using the SWISS EPHEMERIS, the core of which is a compression of NASA's state-of-
the-art, JPL-Ephemeris. Licensing the SWISS EPHEMERIS for the use in K�LA
allows us to offer you the most accurate calculations available to date.
North and South Indian Charts are available, and Kala has the added advantage of allowing you
to switch back and forth between North and South Indian styles with just one keystroke. This
allows you to easily enjoy looking at charts with your friends who may use a different style than
you do.
Kala also allows you to work with round charts.
Right clicking on any of the six smaller charts displays a menu with charts, vargas, tables,
and ashtakavarga, any of which you can select to your screen.
Right clicking on the large main chart displays the same menu where you can select any
chart or table that is displayed in the center of the main screen.
You can open as many of these small charts as you want and move them anywhere
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Kala features
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Dirah Options
Upon installation you can if you like choose the options that Dirah Academy International
advices in the course material. This enables you to go much through the installation. Of course
you can always change some options later. You can also choose another of the available options
sets or choose your own options.
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and you can easily select one to five levels with just one click of the mouse.
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Ayanamsa
Kala offers nine ayanamsas: Lahiri, Raman, Sri Yukteswar, Bhasin, Fagan/Bradley,
Krishnamurti, Sassanian, Ushashashi, and Galactic Center-0 Sagittarius; you can define your
own or even use the tropical zodiac.
File Manager
Kala uses a simple file management system like that used in Microsoft Windows, this has the
advantage of allowing you to name a file with as many characters as you like as well as making
it easier to manage or delete your files, all without having to learn anything new.
Built in Atlas
Kala's Atlas has the latitude and longitude of over 170,000 US cities.
An international atlas is also supplied with additional countries added monthly. Most
importantly and most helpful, Kala's data entry screen allows you to find the city you are
Combustion
Dignities. of Planets.
Doomadi Upagrahas.
Equal House Bhava Chart.
Fatal and Auspicious Degrees.
Gulikaadi Upagrahas, from either the beginning or the end of the portion.
Hora.
Ishta & Kashta.
Kakshas.
Madhya Lagna.
Mandi.
Nakshatra, Pada, Nakshatra Lord and Sub-lord.
Outer Planets: Pluto, Uranus and Neptune.
Planetary Aspects, with exact aspectual value in Virupas.
Prasna Dasa.
Prasna Points: Yama Sukra, Trisphuta, Chatursphuta, Prana, Deha, Mrityu, etc.
from Prasna Marga.
Rasi.
Sahams.
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KP (Krishnamurti Paddhati)
One of the goals in creating Kala is to make learning Vedic Astrology easier; as part of this Kala
provides a menu of Yogas that your computer will search for within a given horoscope.
Currently Kala provides the following searches:
Dasas, Planetary: Important combinations in the horoscope that have a direct bearing on
the results of the planetary dasas, like Vimshottari. Over 100 important and subtle rules
of Vimshottari analysis are given here.
Core
MatsyaYogas:
Yoga,The
etc.important named yogas such as Lakshmi Yoga, Saraswati Yoga,
Spirituality: Many yogas that are beneficial for spiritual development.
Mental Illness: A compilation from over 40 texts of combinations indicating mental
disorders.
Illness and Accidents: Approxiamately 700 yogas for illness and accidents sourced from
over 40 texts. Great help in medical astrology.
Ruinous Yogas: A compilation from over 40 texts of important yogas that indicate
poverty, wandering, instable lifes, etc., such as Dur yogas, Kemadruma yogas, Daridra
yogas, etc.
Classical Delineation's: Results of Lagnas according to Jataka Parijata; Planets in Rasis
according to Brihat Jataka; Planets in Houses according to Brihat Jataka and also from
Hora Sara; House Lords in Houses according to Brihat Parashara Hora Sastra; Two,
Three, Four, Five, and Six Planet Conjunctions according to Saravali and also from Hora
Sara; Planets in the Rasis Aspected by Other Planets according to Saravali; The Moon's
Nakshatra according to Brihat Jataka.
Modern Delineation's: Lagnas; Rahu and Ketu in the Houses and Rasis; Rahu and Ketu
Joining and Aspecting Other Planets; Effects of Combust, exalted and debilitated planets.
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Nature of House Lords: Very descriptive effects of the different planets as house lords for
each lagna.
Marriage and Sexuality: Over 450 yogas from the classical texts relevant to marriage,
relationships and sexual nature.
Subha/Asubha Yogas: Subha and Asubha Yoga influences calculated for all the planets
Compatibility
Kala's Compatibility Calculations far supersede anything else available in Vedic Astrology
Software:
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The traditional Kutas are calculated not only for the Moon, but for all the planets and the
lagna.
The exceptions for the Kutas are also calculated, without which no accurate use of the
Kutas is possible.
Clicking on the name of each Kuta brings up a pop up box that explains what exactly the
Kuta means
Rasi to Rasi and what itRasi
overlays, does.
to Navamsa overlays, and Navamsa to Navamsa Overlays.
Composite Chart calculated.
Planetary aspects calculated between both charts to the exact Virupa, in both the rasi and
navamsa, and in the Composite Chart.
Tajika aspects for all of the rasi, navamsa and the Composite Chart.
Table of the House Positions, Ashtakavarga, Kakshas and the Tara of how each person's
planets fall in the other's chart.
Toggle Outer Planets On and Off with just a push of the F8 Key.
Extensive Kuta Report that considers all 12 Kutas and the Total Points in a very thorough
manner. This is an 8 page report that will answer serious concerns about any relationship.
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The transit hit list gives a complete overview of all the relevant transits. It is an indispensable
tool for the predictive astrologer. It gives not just information about the date of a transit but gives
information about the exact time in minutes and hours as well. It is highly accurate.
Also you will find information on when a planet enters a new sign, Nakshatra or house
You can select which transitory planets or natal planets you like to choose. It is possible to
include Pluto, Uranus and Neptune, if you like.
Transit Calender
You will see the transits of the seven planets from the Rasi of the natal Moon.
With this graph you can easily see a month of ups and downs. The planets represented by the
colors on the graph that are above the time line are those planets that are in favorable places from
the natal Moon and not obstructed.
The planets represented by the colors on the graph that are below the time line are those planets
that are in unfavorable places from the natal Moon, without being obstructed.
Clicking on the date in the time line brings up the Gochara report for that day at noon.
The bottom part of the screen gives a calendar with many symbols in it. These symbols represent
different “trigger transits.” Trigger transits are those transits that trigger an event, with which the
astrologer times an event to the day. The trigger transits in the calendar are those given by
Phaladeepika.
Muhurta Module
Kala's Compatibility Calculations far supersede anything else available in Vedic Astrology
Software:
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The bottom part of the Muhurta Module consists of a time line that shows when the favorable
and unfavorable Nakshatras, Taras, Tithis, Karanas, Yogas and combination of Vara, Tithi and
Nakshatra are running. All you have to do to find the best available times within the month is to
line up the favorable (green) marks. Clicking on the time line brings the rasi chart and other
details to the date clicked on. The favorable and unfavorable Nakshatras, etc. are event
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dependent and you can choose from over 170 events. For events like travel, which are direction
dependent, you can choose any of the 8 directions.
Guidelines for all events are available with just a click of the mouse so you never need to page
through books again. Guidelines are from Muhurta Chintamani, Kalaprakasika, Brihat Samhita
The time line is in astronomical time instead of modern time. You can move up in time just
enough to change to the next Vara, Nakshatra, Tithi, Hora, Lagna, Navamsa, etc. by clicking on
the up arrows. You can move down in time just enough to change to the next Vara, Nakshatra,
Tithi, Hora, etc. by clicking on the down arrows. No more clicking an hour at a time until you
get to the next Nakshatra, etc. Just one click will do it.
The largeMuhurta,
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Vara/Tithi/Nakshatra Yoga. You can also view vargas for the Muhurta time and a chart of fatal
degrees. Suunya Tithis, Nakshatras, Rasis and the unfavorable Vishanadi portions are all
calculated. All the Doshas are calculated including Narada's 21 Mahadoshas. Not only are the
Doshas calculated and searched for, but also the conditions that overcome the Doshas are given.
You can easily save Muhurtas with the chart to access at a later date.
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Muhurta Calculations
Ayana, Ritu, Masa, Paksha, Full Moon Nakshatra, Lord of the Month, Suunya Nakshatras,
Suunya Rasis, Tithi, Lord of Tithi, Vishanadi portion of Tithi, Paksha Chidra portion of Tithis,
Nature of Tithi, Suunya Lagnas, Karana, Karana Lord, Vara, Vishanadi portion of Varas, Yoga,
meaning of Yoga's name, Lord of Yoga, Yogi Point, Nakshatra, Vishanadi portion of
Nakshatras, Unfavorable Nakshatras from the other planets such as Samahata Nakshatra,
Chandra Avastha, Muhurta, Hora, Nadika, special result of the Nadika, Lord of the Nadika, Vela,
Upagraha Portion, Panchaka and Bana, Tara, Vara/Tithi/Nakshatra Yogas with their meanings.
All 21 of Narada's Mahadoshas including Vyatipata and Vaidhriti, other important Muhurta
Doshas such as Sakata Yoga, ends of Ayanas, Ritus, and Nakshatras, Surya Sankranti, Eclipse,
Eclipse Nakshatra.
Event specific Doshas are also calculated such as Lata Dosha, Jamitra Dosha, unfavorable tithis
to travel in each direction for each of the 12 lunar months, and many more.
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Muhurta Helper
Set a time period and the Muhurta helper will search that time frame for the auspicious moments
for beginning an event. There are over 170 events to choose from. The Muhurta Helper search
about 120 Muhurta factors to come up with the auspicious times. You can then click on the
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Prasna feature
A very unique feature of Kala is the Prasna Module. Prasna is answering a question by
calculating a chart for the moment of the question. This system of astrology was so well
developed in India that the astrologer was able to predict all events of life. This special module is
designed to assist one in learning prasna as presented in the classical texts. Special prasna
calculations include:
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Clicking on the SELECT PRASNA button displayes the "Prasna Techniques and Yogas" pop-up
menu. Here you will find different questions that Kala can search for. At the end of every search
are an array of prasna specific techniqes that you can study and apply. This feature will allow
you to learn classical prasna easily and efficiently. Currenty there are 11 catagories to choose
from, more are in the works.
Success and Failure: Selecting this allows a basic appraisal for success or failure of the
question as well as a specific search for each house.
General Indications: Techniques and searchable yogas for an entire reading, based on the
moment of query alone.
Many other catagories.
Calculations and techniques are sourced from Prasna Marga, Gnana Pradeepika,
Shatpanchasika, Pragnana Deepika, Daivagna Vallabha, Krishnaneeyam, Sanketa Nidhi,
Prasna Tantra, Kalaprakasika, Uttara Kalamrita, and Muhurtha Chintamani.
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Animated Transits
Kala's Animated Transtits screen allows you to view the transiting planets and lagna move
around the birth chart. Aspects lines are even drawn from the transiting planet to the planets in
the birth chart! The transiting planets navamsa, tara, ashtakavarga, kaksha, nakshatra, etc are all
shown.
weekly, You can watch
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forwards hourly, daily,
or backwards.
Clicking on the Gochara Report button in the center of the wheel brings up the classical results
of the transiting planets from the Moon, along with any Vedhas or Vipareet Vedhas. This is a
great technique that shows the ups and downs very accurately, if the Vedha and Vipareet Vedhas
are used. Now they are at your fingertips so that you can use them quickly and easily.
Transits Calender
Kala's Transits Calendar shows a month of Gochara results on the top part. Planets above the
timeline are in favorable transit positions and those below the timeline are in unfavorable
positions. The bottom half shows a month of trigger transits as per Phaladeepika. The days
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transiting planets bring together a house, house lord, lagna or karaka are indicated by symbols
relevant to the event.
Custom JPEGs
Make world predictions with Surya Sankranti (Solar Ingress) charts, which is the preferred
method of predicting world events according to the classical texts. Sankranti devi is calculated as
well as the Lords of the Year. Mundane Dasas are also available. Most Importantly, Kala
calculates the Sankratis according to the Surya Siddhanta.
Varga Details
Varga Dieties for all sixteen Shodasavargas. Dignities for all Vargas, Degrees in Vargas.
The Bhava Chalita screens uses calculations from Sri Pati Paddhati and Brihat Parashora Hora
Shastra to show the ability of the Bhavas to provide their effects. One the upper left is a large
Bhava Chalita chart. One the right are small Varga charts and the influence of planets to the
Bhava cusps.
Also included is a Bhava Bala table which gives the overall strength of each Bhava. Both the Sri
Pati method and the additions from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra are given. The strongest
Bhava will be the area that most of the person's life will revolve around.
Sudarshana Chakra is a wonderfully simple and accurate predictive technique presented in Brihat
Parashara Hora Shastra. Three charts are erected, one inside the other. The outer chart starts from
the Sun, the middle chart from the Moon and the inner chart starts from the Lagna. These three
charts are arranged so that the Sun, Moon and Lagna are all situated at the first house, which is
the top of the chart or on the left depending on which option you prefer.
Kala's Super Search Tool allows you to quickly and easily search your database for a wide
assortment of planetary arrangements:
You can search in the rasi, navamsa, from the Moon, the Sun, the Atmakaraka, the
Svamsa, and the Karakamsa.
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therefore, search for practically anything, no matter how complex or long.
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